Container supporting and retaining bracket



A ril 21, 1959 l. T. DOBKlN 2,883,139

CONTAINER SUPPORTING AND RETAINING BRACKET Filed NOV. 23, 1955 v 1 Y i LI]: i

N IS INVENTOR. ISRAEL T. DOBKIN.

' ATTORNEYS.

United States Patent CONTAINER SUPPORTING AND RETAINING BRACKET IsraelT. Dobkin, Pittsburgh, Pa., assignor to Allied Block Chemical Company,Pittsburgh, Pa., a corporation of Pennsylvania Application November 23,1955, Serial No. 548,568

2 Claims. Cl. 248-311) The present invention pertains in general tosupporting brackets and more specifically to supporting brackets formounting refillable dispensing contains wherein the bracket is sorelated to the container as to prevent unauthorized removal of thecontainer from the bracket.

3 -'Many business establishments, shops, garages, and public wash roomsmaintain dispensing containers for delivering measured quantities ofhand cleaning fluids for the convenience of their employees and patrons.Such dispensing containers are mounted in a convenient place and areperiodically serviced to keep the containers filled and in workingorder. The containers are mounted by means of brackets upon verticalsupporting surfaces and sometimes on horizontal surfaces such as washstands or benches. To prevent unauthorized removal of the container fromthe bracket, means must be provided for locking the container within thebracket, which means must be readily releasable for servicing purposes.Where the container is provided with a measuring dispensing device, suchlocking means must also prevent mischievous removal of the dispensingdevice from the container.

The object and purpose of the present invention is to provide a readilymounted, adjustable bracket for said containers which may be suitablyactuated to prevent unauthorized removal of the container or partsthereof.

In the drawing, forming part of the present disclosure,

Fig. 1 shows a front elevation of the bracket with the containerindicated by dotted lines;

Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of the bracket;

Fig. 3 shows a section taken on lines III-III of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 shows an enlarged plan view of Fig. 1 showing the detachablecontainer locking member of the bracket; and

Fig. 5 shows an enlarged cross section through the bracket along linesV-V of Fig. 2.

Referring now in detail to the drawings the bracket comprises an uprightportion 1 and a base and container supporting portion 2 preferablyintegrally formed with the upright portion. The upright portion is of alength greater than the height of a container to be mounted by thebracket. The upright portion 1 is of generally channel shape, comprisinga web 3 and forwardly extending flanges 4 terminating in opposingre-entrant flange portions 5 disposed in spaced relation to the web 3.The web portion 3 extends upwardly from one side of the base 2 and theflanges 4 preferably terminate above the base 2. The base is of suitablesize to support the container 9 being mounted by the bracket, and may beof any suitable shape. As shown in Fig. 3, the base is rectangularhaving side edges 6 extending forwardly from upright l, a front edge 7and a rear edge 8 connecting to the upright portion 1. The connectionbetween base edge 8 and upright web 3 is braced in any suitable mannerto provide adequate support for the container and contents when theupright web 3 is mounted on a vertical support. Apertures 10 and 12 areprovided in the upright and base portion for reception of removablefastening members 11 mounting the bracket upon vertical or horizontalsupports.

Slidably mounted on upright 1 is container retaining member 13,comprising a continuous band portion 15 and a mounting member 16. Theinside diameter of the band 15 is slightly larger than the outsidediameter of the largest container 9 to be received therein, and themember 16 projects upon opposite sides of its connection to member 15.The projecting portions of member 16 are slidably mounted betweenflanges 4 of portion 1 and behind the re-entrant flanges 5 thereof. Themember 13 may be adjustably positioned along upright web 3 by means ofthe heads of the screw fastening members 11 projecting above the planeof the web 3, or the heads of members 11 may be counter-sunk in web 3 topermit free movement of the member 13 longitudinally of bracketportion 1. p

The container. 9 is locked in place upon the bracket and within member13 by means of the substantially Z-shaped member 14 comprising anupstanding flange 20, outstanding web 21 and depending flange 22. Theflange 20 is of substantially rectangular shape disposed against uprightweb 3, between the flanges 4 and slidable relative thereto behindre-entrant flanges 5. Suitable tapped openings 24 in flange 20 receivescrew threaded members 25 which bear against web 3 to lock flange 20against the reentrant flanges 5, retaining the member 14 in adjustablefixed relation relative to upright member 1. The container 9 ispreferably refillable and of the type dispensing measured quantities ofthe fluid therein. For this purpose a detachable cap 17 is provided forcontainer 9 and a conventional pump type measuring device having a head18 and stem 19 is mounted in the cap 17. The stem 19 extends through cap17 into the container and is preferably secured within the :cap toprevent unauthorized removal thereof. The web 21 and flange 22respectively have suitable connecting apertures 23 and 23a therein forthreading the web 21 over the pump head 18 and stem 19 as shown in Figs.1 and 4. The aperture 23 formed in web 21 is of such size that thesurrounding web portions bear against cap 17 to retain the cap inposition when the container is locked in the bracket by member 14. Thedepending flange 22 overlaps the adjacent front face of the cap toprevent lateral displacement of the container.

In use, the bracket portion 1 may be disposed against a suitable uprightsupport and secured thereto by fastening members 11. The member 13 maythen be mounted on upright 1 by means of the portion 16 and spaced alongthe upright by the heads of fastening members 11 as aforesaid, or not,as desired. The filled container is then disposed within member 13 andupon base 2. The web 21 of member 14 is threaded over pump head 18 andits flange 20 disposed between upright flanges 4 and behind flanges 5.The member 14 is then moved downward until web 21 thereof engagescontainer cap 17. The removable fastening members 25 are then engagedwith tapped apertures 24 of flange 20 and when turned engage web 3forcing the flange 20 forwardly into engagement with re-entrant flanges5 of the upright 1 locking member 14 in position. When so positioned themember 14 prevents vertical and lateral displacement of the containerrelative to the bracket and is assisted by member 13 in preventinglateral displacement. The members 25 may be provided with recessed headsto require a special tool for their removal. When it is desired toservice the container, as by refilling, the fastening members 25 areloosened and the member 14 removed. The cap 17 may be then removed fromthe container by refilling or the entire container removed to aconvenient place :for refilling. If the pump dispensing mechanism isdamaged, a new cap 17 and dispensing pump may be provided. Afterservicing, the member 14 is replaced and fastened in posit-ion.

Many obvious detail changes in the bracket will suggest themselves tothose skilled in the art and may be made without departing from theinvention as disclosed. Hence, the exact details of constructiondisclosed are for purposes of illustration and not limitation except asmade necessary by the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A supporting and retaining bracket for liquid dispensing containershaving a removable cap and hand pump of the type described, comprising abase portion upon which the container is supported, a fiat uprightportion at one side of the base of greater length than that of acontainer to be received on said base, means on the bracket forrestricting lateral movement of the container relative to said base,re-entrant opposing flanges on opposite vertical sides of the uprightportion and extending outwardly in spaced relation thereto, asubstantially Z- shaped member having one flange slidably receivedbetween said npright re-entrant opposing flanges above said containerand a web portion extending outwardly from said upright overlying saidcontainer cap, a second flange on said web portion depending therefromin overlapping engagement with said container cap, openings in saidflange of the Z-shaped member engaged with said upright for reception ofremovable members locking the Z-shaped member in fixed relation to theupright, connected openings in said web and depending flange of theZ-shaped member for passage of the outer end of the container hand pump,and openings in said upright between the flanges and intermediate theends thereof for receiving means for fastening the bracket uprightportion to a supporting surface.

2. The bracket as defined in claim 1 wherein the means for restrictinglateral movement of the container relative to the base comprises a ringshaped member for receiving the lower portion of said container,aportion atone side of said ring shaped member being slidably receivedbetween said upright re-entrant flanges, and said latter portion of thering shaped member engaging an adjacent fastening member in said webportion for restricting vertical movement of the ring shaped member uponsaid upright.

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